We might just have differing standards - I love buffets in general, even the really shitty ones, as long as there are 1 or 2 things I can eat that are good value.
For shrimp cocktail, usually you’ll see peel and eat at buffets, this one wasn’t as flavorful as those but I liked that they were peeled so you can just eat them. They also had like 4 other shrimp options most of which were pretty good. I mean yes, the sushi and sashimi aren’t great, they are crappy compared to a real restaurant in general. Actually the salmon was perfectly fine - I imagine salmon has a pretty high floor on how bad it can be. You’re right that the oysters weren’t particularly good, but the fact that it exists is good enough for me.
Add AYCE crab legs and tolerable galbi style short ribs and some other well done items - like black bean style clams, some fish items, squid and what not, I really think it’s some of the best 20-25$ you can spend at a restaurant. If your goal is to eat large quantities of mediocre protein.
